SNSF & GAČR-Project
From Student Internationalism to Erasmus
Globalization and Europeanization of Student Life since 1945
Students & the Cold War
The project explores the political and social life of students in post-war Europe. It will focus on student organizations as platforms that channelled the student agentivity. The Swiss-Czech team examines international student federations on both sides of the ‘Iron Curtain’ as well as national student unions in both countries.
Team
Meet Our Team
We are actually two teams based in Fribourg and Prague. Nevertheless, we are five reseachers working together on this project.
Matthieu Gillabert
University of Fribourg
Mikuláš Pešta
Czech Academy of Sciences
Lidia Lesnykh
University of Fribourg
Martin Pácha
Czech Academy of Sciences
Timothy Schürmann
University of Fribourg
The Website
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Learn more about our research and activities.
The Project
The full project consists of four sub-projects. Follow the link for their descriptions and a contextualisation.
Events
On different occassions we speak about our research. Find out where and when we present.
Conference 2025
We will organise a conference on: Tackling Cold War Student Organisations through Social History
